From Sunday Arts and Style: Make Punch the centerpiece of your holiday entertaining
Just a few years ago when large Christmas parties were still in style, there was an annual gathering in our neighborhood that everyone looked forward …
From Sunday Arts and Style: Gift ideas for the hungry and thirsty
Need some ideas for your Christmas shopping? Here are a few books, bottles and baubles to help you with the food lovers on your holiday …
From Sunday Art and Style: For Thanksgiving, the more wines the better
“Thanksgiving is the best wine day of the year,” Jim Winston declared. Winston was at DB Fine Wines in New Canaan conducting the store’s annual …
From Sunday Arts and Style: Carving tips for the Thanksgiving bird
The generously-large bird, emerging from the oven a glorious golden brown as the centerpiece of Thanksgiving dinner, is the result of hours of preparation. Carefully …
From Sunday Arts and Style: Celebrate voting with Election Cake
Elections in 19th-century America used to be food and booze-fueled celebrations. Candidates provided food and drink to voters as they gathered to cast their ballots. …
From Sunday Arts and Style: 350 pasta shapes – one for almost every day of the year
What would you do if there were 350 different ways to make a hamburger or 350 Oreo cookie flavors? Could you cope with 350 flavors …
From Sunday Arts and Style: No ordinary cooks at the American Bounty restaurant
In the display kitchen, the cooks plated the desserts with the intensity of World Series pitchers. They were carefully placing each element on the plate, …
From Sunday Arts and Style: The flavorful fish of Japan
The long narrow space at Pink Sumo Sushi and Sake Cafe in Westport was bustling on a recent Thursday evening. Behind the bar a clutch …
From Sunday Arts and Style: Restaurant wine dinners are back
Wine dinners are back! For a while they were yet another casualty of pandemic hunkering, but lately my mailbox has been filling with news of …
From Sunday Arts and Style: You might get a chance to eat at one of these exciting restaurants
The moment you walk through the restaurant door, the excitement begins. Right away, you know a lot about the experience to come – style, cuisine …